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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15
THE NEW CABINETLADY.
Mrs. Fairchild, who Succeeds TO the Posi-
tion Hold by Mrs Manning.


A Washington despatch to the Phil
adelphia Times says: The first lady of the
Cabinet technic lily until April was Mrs.
Manning, the wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr.. Bayard, the Premier, being
a widower. A more charming and popu-
lar lady never figured in Washington Off
cial and social life. In her veins flowed
the blood of the Livingstons, the Chancel-
lor of New York, who administered the
first oath of office to President Washing
ton when the-Government was inaugu-
rated in April 1857, or lacking but 30
days of an even century AS Marguereta
Fryer of Albany she was one of the bellies
of the high-bOrn knickerbocker circles of
the Capital of the Empire State. She
came to Washington as a bride and at
once took a leading place among the
many captivating ladies of fashionable
life. The wife of the new Secretary of the
Treasury, Charles ). Farchild, while less
demonstrative in her manner, is Il lady of
historic family and many social charms.
She was Miss Helen Lincklean of Gaze
novia. On her fathers side she is de-
cended from John Lincklean, gentle
man of means from Holland, who came to
the United States at the beginning of the
present century as agent of the Holland
Land company. Mrs. Fairchild's mother
| is niece Vi hOrdllO seymour. one SUlll
resides in the stately old mansion reared
by John Lincklean in the midst of what
was formerly the Holland tract. During
the past season Mrs. Fairchild took part
IN social gayeties, but her quiet ways
have always given her the appearance of
tendency to recoi from too great prOmin-
ence in fashionable folies. With Mr..
Fairchild she was guest at the State din
ner to the Cabinet and subsequently she
was again made one of the ladies at the
State dinner to the Diplomatic Corps. She
has always been great favorite in the
presidents household.
In appearance Mrs. Fairchild is of mid
die stature, of generous figure, graceful,
interesting in conversation, but not ag-
gressive, generally acting on the defensive
in the topics of social talk. She has a
pleasant face, and her toilettes are in eX-
cellent taste. She will fill the sphere of
Mrs. Manning, but not with quite so
much stir. Mrs. Manning was at home
in society. Mrs. Falrchild prefers the
conservatism of Il small circle of personal
friends.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 10.-Judge
William Strong died here this morning,
aged 20. He came to Oregon early in 1850
with an appointment as federal Judge
from President Fillmore. He was cousin
OF Judge Strong of the United States
supreme bench, and a descendent of the
noted Strong family of New England.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15
TROU BLED IRELAND.
Riot in Belfast-More Trouble Feared To-
day.

BELFAST, April 10-A conflict occurred
here to-day between mob and body of
police During the fight one mrn was
wounded with bullet. No other serious
casualties are reported. At this hour (mid-
night the city is quiet, but it is said that
preparations are going on for a renewal
of the disturbances tomorrow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15

HALIFAX, n. S, April lO.-A telegram
from st. John, n. T., says the missing
steamer Eagle arrived there at noon to-
day. All the men are we'll
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15
c% SEWING MACHINE.
LIBRARY MICROSCOPE.

As a second sight. a good microscope. re-
veals n world of wonders for our investiga-
ton and admiration. The time has come
when good microscope should be regarded
as one OF the indispensahles Of every intel
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
KILLING CONTAGlON.
How Infected Vessels Are Made Clean
in American Ports.

an oFtss
"The vessel has been disinfected"
That is about all you hear said when
vessel carrying passengers affected
with contagious disease arrives at
port.
Perfectly safe" the health author
tiles say, and so it generally turns out
to be, for no matter how virulent the
disease, it scarcely ever breaks over
this line set by the health protectors of
the country.
Curious, isn't it, that boat load of
people, who have, with their clothing
and baggage, been subjected or ex-
posed to cholera or yellow fever or
smallpox, can land passengers and
baggage and freight. all of which have
carried the germscf disease, and dis
tribute them all over the country and
in the thickly-crowded cities, and no
evil results follow?
Let us see how it is done. Perhaps
it will not seem so strange then.
Thoroughly disinfected and placed in
quarantine" is not long sentence,
but it means a good deal after all. To
be obliged to lie idly two weeks, wait
ing to see if a horrible disease is going
to break out on shipboard and carry
men off by the dozen or score is not an
agreeable experience. Yet it is part
of the programme awaiting the luck
less vessel which arrives at port carry
ing germs of infectious diseases. Blu;
that is not all. There is a good deal
more. "Disinfection" is q more serious
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
One Dollar Per Year.
ral fair, or village improvement enc

ural fair, or village improvement en-.
terpriso, they are equally active
Both furnish members of the school
committee, one as good as the other,
not only In matters of instruction, but
even in the way of school-house re-
pairs, and the grading of the grounds.
They minglc in church meetings, and
in this respect we all know that
women are the salvation OF the enter
prise. They own stock in the same
bank and railroad, and vote with COM
mon intelligence on their shares.
They crowd into tie same hall to Mt
tend lectures and balls. They 60 to
the same theaters, and unite in local
dramatic entertainments, the women
usually little quicker at their parts.
They hold offices in the same savings
bank and insurance company, the
women subordinate clerkships, to be
sure, but capable, if they had the
same business training, of any place.
Most significant of all, they go to
the same political meetings, listen to
the same stump-speakers, and If hot
campaign comes, engage with the
same passionatVless in political de-
bate, discussing men and measures at
the street corners, and fighting it out
around the family table, the household
not infrequently divided against itself.
In view of this, what patience can be
had when some hardshell tells us that
the heavens would fall, society would
be ruined, the State would collapse, II
the same women, once in March and
once in November, should enter de-
cent town hall OF ward-room-a all the
more decent for their presonce-walk
to ballot-box, and put into it piece
of printed paper expressing in con-
crete form the results of their previous
consideration!-Ho John D. Long.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
MIR. Faxon's Pronounced Views on Woman
Suffrage.


Mr.. Faxon, of Quincy, Mass, has
issued his annual address to the voters
1t is spicy document. as was to be
expected from its source. The ire
pressible advocate of cold water and
no stimulants can use language which
is as ardently stimulating and as little
watery as any man we know. He
pronounces himself on woman suffrage
in his usual unequivocal fashion:
lam an outspoken advocate of woman
suffrage, because l believe that the in
ilueuce of woman is needed, not only
socially and morally, but politically as
well. 1t is argued by opponents of the
measure that it will degrade women to
enter the arena of politics. l believe
that the exercise of the right of equal
suffrage would tend to make men bet
ter, and thus purify all departments of
State and municipal government. AS a
rule, those parties which need the most
reforming seldom pay that respect to
woman which she is entitled to receive,
and always object to giving her the
power to vote. There is not a rum,
seller in the land who would not trem-
bic if he knew he was to be tried before a
jury composed of intelligent women.
! never knew one Of this class who was
honestly in favor of woman suffrage.
The chief support of the temperance
cause is woman. What would a dis
tinct party do in any good work with.
out her aid? One hundred dollar.
placed in the hands of the w. c. I. U.
will do more good than five hundred
dollars controlled by an organization
composed entirely of men. Woman
enters into every good work with &
selt-sacrificing spirit. One plucky
persevering woman will do more to ad
vance the blessings of home than re
giment of political tramps, whose chic
occupation is to make doubtful publ,
opinion still more doubtful.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER

undertaking than is generally sup.
posed. Here is sample case. and one
which may interest those who have
never witnessed its methods and its
thoroughness. Here is the way the
steamer Alesia. recently arriving in
New York with cholera on board, was
handled.
The passengers were first removed,
the sick to the hospital for epidemic
diseases, the others to quarantine
station where they were watched care
fully by competent physicians. Then
the work of getting rid of the germs of
the disease began. The entire steamer
was twice washed with scalding water,
and then washed again, with solution
of corrosive sublimate. Think of wash
ing every accessible part of big ocean
steamer twice with boiling water and
then with solution of corrosive sub
Innate. But that was only beginning.
AS soon as this was done, the hatchets
were closed and the decks covered
with tarpaulin and one hundred pounds
of sulphur burned in the hold, the
matches being kept closed twelve hours.
Then every accessible part of the YES
sci was again washed with brooms
and sponges) with the solution of cor
rosive sublimate. Then the matches
were again closed and one hundred and
fifty pounds of sulphur burned. Every
textile fabric, mats, carpets, clothing
of the crew, beds and bedding, were
subjected to a long boiling process.
Clothing of the passengers was
cooked" with hot steam inside close
tank. The baggage, every piece oft,
subjected to hot steam and sulphurous
acid gas many hours. The vessel was
kept fourteen days in the lower bay,
away from all other vessels, and, final
ly, as parting precaution, all exposed
portions except the saloons were re-
painted, and the baggage of the pas
sengers again disinfccted by the means
above indicated. - Cor. Cincinnati
| Tfme2
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
W0MAN'S DEPARTMENT.
THE DUTY OF A WIFE.

A Discussion of the QuestiOn-HOw Far |
Must n Wife Go In Obeying Her Hus-
band.
When the news of Mrs. Craik's death |
came, many persons who have de-
lighted in her novels for nearly forty |
years must have felt regret that her
last public utterance should have been
that unfortunate article in the Forun,.
We all knew that she was strong up
holder of the right of husbands to rule
over their wives, and the duty OF wives
to render implicit obedience; but she
would not have maintained on cool re-
Election the assertion that it is natural
and commendablc for woman "to
make herself mat for the mans feet
to walk over, to believe every thing he
does and says is right"
Though an intensely conservative
Englishwoman, she was pure minded
and conscientious in the extreme, and
always maintained that wife's obedi-
ence must stop short of doing wrong.
This is abundantly exemplified in "a
Brave Lady" and in several of her
other novels. Perhaps the most forci-
bic statement of it occurs in 1.-TWO
Marriages" A weak daughter has let
herself be coerced by despotic father
into marrying one man when she loves
another. Two elderly ladies are dis
cussing the question whether she did
right. One says:
"She was bound to obey her father. "
mo, she wasn't" replied Mrs. Knowle,
sternly and strongly. my dear, you're
not bound to obey any man living, not
cvenyour own husband, who is n mighty
deal closer to you than your father,
when he tells you to do wrong thing.
If Edward Knowlc said to me: Emma,
I'm hungry, l want you to chop your
self up into mince-meat for mel well,
perhaps l might do it, if he really
wanted it, and it harmed no one but
myself But if he said Emma. I'm
hungry, and / want you to go and steal
that leg of mutton should say: No,
sir Gods law is higher law than
obedience to you. Steal your legs of
mutton for yourself.
In the medieval story, the model
wife Griselda feels bound to acquicsce
IN her husbands proposal to commit
any enormity, even the murder of their
child, and lavishes upon him never a
smile the less after she believes that he
has perpetrated the crime. That is
.he genuine door-mat theory. Mrs.
Craik's mince-meat theory marks an
advance. There will be q still further
advance when all men and women
come to realize that it is spiritually in
furious to any one to feed habituaily
upon diet of minced fellow creature,
and that no one has right either to
exact or to render such sacrifice.
Literal cannibalism has gone out Of
fashion; metaphorical cannibaism is
slowly but surely passing away also. =
Alice Stone Blackwell, in Womdn's
Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Claus Spreckles, the sugar king,
is said to be worth over $50, 100000.
Miss Mary Fell is the strong and
brilliant literary reviewer of the New
Orleans TimeS-Democrat.
Mrs. Newton Crosland has just
published, in London, translation of
Victor Hugos "Hernani."
20. G. Cabot, brother of Sebastian
Cabot, had only to spell his name back
wards and the result was, tobacco.
George Westinghouse, inventor of
the air-brake, is worth $4,000, 900.
This is believed to be the largest fort
une ever made out of wind.
The London Gazette, the earliest
English newspaper, was commenced at
Oxford November Z. 1865, where the
court was then residing on account of
the plague.
1t is rumored that the valuable
collection of manuscripts and auto
graphs of the late Ben: Perley Poore
are to be sold. The collection Is
valued at fifty thousand dollars, and
includes many documents of historical
and political Importance. - Public
Opinion
Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner, Sec
ond in command to Gertrude Garrison
on the American Press Association,
New York, says that she received but
ten dollars for her first six months
newspaper work, but that u woman
who has q nose for news and news
paper instincts can succeed, if she
perSeveres and makes place for her
self.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg says
that all amateurs of music should keep
their eye on Mile. Adiny, who is now
singing under three years engage
ment at the Grand Opera-house, Paris
Mile. Adiny is about twenty-nine years
of age, large, and of an Italian type OF
beauty. She is, however an American
girl, her real name being Chapman,
and her birthplace Boston.-Harper' S
BaEGr.
j. M. Bailey, once famous as the
wit of the Danbury Ne0s, has faded
from the humorous world and is now
an actor in daily repeated domestic
tragedy. His wife is insane and dc.
mands his entire attention. He must
dress her and arrange her hair and at
tend to all her wants. She is like q
child, and he gives her all his affection
time and attention. His devotion il
described as something heroic.
Journalism is making rapid prog.
ress in Japan, although the larges
daily has not more than 10000 sub.
scribers. In Toxic there are five
leading dailies, besides over dozen o
less Importance. The (Jiji Shimpo'
Times is undoubtedly the bcst-editec
newspaper in this country, and next t.
it comes the Toxic Daily NegS, a semi
official organ. Among the papers o
the central and southern provinces tn,
Osaka Morning Sun deserves mention
as having the largest circulation O
any journal in Japan.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
THE NESTING SPIDER.
Interesting Facts for Students and Lovers
of Natural History.


DR.. McCook gave before the British
Association the result of observations
on the nesting habits of Atypus niger,
a Florida spider. Referring to the
original description of the black atypus
of Florida, made by Hentz in his "Spi-
ders of the United States" DR.. Nc
Cook said that a good drawing of the
species had been made by an English
man, Mr.. John Abbott, as early as
1892. Mr.. Abbott quite happily de-
scribed the creature as the "purse web
spider" and made brief and correct
note of its habits. The nests of the
black Atypus are silken tubes of close
texture, and various lengths and sizes,
which are spun against the bark of
trees, nearly equal portions being
above and below ground. Some of the
tubes are twelve inches to fourteen
inches long, and one-half inch to three
fourths in diameter. Others. the
nests of the young, are few inches
long and the thickness of pipe-stem.
The inside of the nests is quite white
and clean, the outside is weather.
stained and covered with sand. The
mode of spinning these was described
in the paper. The work is done IN Sec
tions, the length of the tube being ac-
complished by adding to the original
section until the desired length is at
tanned. The new-made tubes were
found covered on the outside with sand.
The spiders were not seen in the act of
sanding their nests, but similar habit
in AtypuS piceus of England has been
well observed and freely described by
Mr.. f. Enock, who made the interest
ing discovery that the sand is forced
through the texture of the web from
the inside.
The close relations were pointed out
between the nesting tubes of Atypus
niger and Atypus piceus. The chief
differences seemed to be that the
former suspends the exterior part of
its tube against the trunk of n tree, at.
taching it thereto by threads, while
the latter suspends it to stocks of grass
and weeds, or trails it along the
| ground among the herbage. 1t was,
said DR.. McCook, interesting to COM
pare the nests of the group of spiders
known as the tunnel wcavers, to which
Atypus belongs Beginning with the
great hairy spider, tarantula, the giant
of the order, we have simple burrow,
whose opening is sometimes covering
patch of spinning work. Second in
the series may be placed CyrtocheniaS
elongatus, whose nest is q silk-lined
burrow, the lining of which is carried
above the earth in the form of fun
nel-shaped tube, In the nest of AtypuS
piceas this funnel appears at times as
long tube of nearly uniform size, ex.
tending horizontally along the ground.
Next comes the nest of AtypuS niger,
already described, and then the trap
door spiders of various American and
European genera.
After further tracing the tube-mak'
ing habit DR.. McCook mentioned {
fossil spsler which he had seen in tn,
: British Museum. This fossil was taker
from the Eocene tertiary at Garne
, Bay, Isle of Wight, and might be tn,
distant progenitor of the presen
British species. 1t was evident tha
} the genus had undergone little or nj
change since this, its first apparition
J Scientific american.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
WOMAN'S INTELLIGENCE.
Women the Equal OF Men Both Morally
and Intellectually.

In every community, the average in
telligencc and competency Of the wom-
en- is equal to that of the men. Some
of the women dom know much. Some
of the men don't know much. Some
of the women would not vote if they
could; and many of the men do not
vote, although they can. Some of the
women would vote as they were led
or misled; and many of the men do
the same thing. Most of the women
in these instances would, il they were
voters, exercise the suffrage with care,
conscientiousness, understanding and
advantage; and the men do no more.
These same men and women meet to-
gether may times year and engage
in the same interests, not only in pri-
vate life. but in public relations.
If there is an industrial or sgricult-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
HUMOROUS.

-Reversed-Young Plainly ~ did
order them with collars, Biles, but
these are wcally too beastly high,
y'knaw." Bilcs-' my dear sir, you've
got the shirt on upside down. It'd
Bits.
An article on the education of the
blind is attracting great attention. If
the article tells how blind may be
taught not to slam and creak on a
windy night, it is q Masterpiece
Life.
Lays Claim to No Finery.-
Tassels and silk has the cornsta1 tall,
While the wheat beard can claim;
The broomstalk wears no clothes at all,
But it's business just the same.
duluth Photographer.
How do you spell 'resortP' " asked
the teacher. "R-e-s-o-u-r-g-h-t,' re-
piled the little girl at the foot of the
class. And the teacher patted her on
the head and predicted that she would
make first-class caligraph operator
if she practiced hard. Washington
Critic.
-Friend-'Don't cry so, dear. Char
ley was real good husband" Widow
IL know it. don't believe I'll ever
get any one like him again. Every
body knows he was so good to me that
in common decency l can't try again
for ever so long. Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!"
-7otcn Topics.
Robinson stood on the corner, his
attitude expressive of pain. "What's
the matter, RobinsonP" inquired Dunn
ley, who chanced to be passing.
"Rheumatism againP You look sort
o twisted" NO" responded Robin
son, my wife has just made me half a
dozen new shirts, and I've got one OF
'em IN Y Sun.
Mrs. Gewgaw must be woman
who suffers great Distress" remarked
Mr. Pert as he observed the lady in
question exhibiting very profuse
array of jewelry. 'She hasn't that
reputation, sir" replied Mr.. Oracle
''why do you infer SOP" Merely from
the way she rings her hands," was the
response Tonkers Gazette.
MARY, dear. will you tell me what
that object hanging on a chair is?'
"Why, that's shirt made for you
did it all myself Isn't it delightful?'
30, yes. So it's a shirt, is it?n Ger
tainly. But why are you so pale ant
trembling?" 20, I'm all right now
dear. Thought at first that had 'en
again. "-Nebrdska State Journal.
The wife of DIR. A, a well
known clergyman, went up to the pul
pit after sermon By strange minis
ter to shake hands, and he said: 9Th
wife of DR.. A., / presume?n An,
she, with the confused idea that
might not be The DR.. A whom b
knew, said: "Yes, one of them"-as
he were a Mormon.-Editor's Drdwey
in HaTper's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
PROCRASTINATIoN.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, not to-day"
ahis Is what slothful people say,
'To-morrow-to-day will take nv rest
Tomorrow each lesson will cheerfulIv learn
Tomorrow, from every fault will turn.
And try In all things to do my best
But why tomorrow and not today
To-morrow's cares must have their sway
Outles It's own each day will show.
What is to be must surely be;
Thou canst not fail this truth to see.
but what may be one can not know.
Who goes not forward must backward fall.
straight onward fly the moments all,
Nor linger they. That thing alone
is mine which I in full possess
Fen so the hour with usefulness
Made rich, call, in truth, mine own.
Ihe days with wasted moments fraught
Each In my life's book counts for naught,
hut empty pages, blank and wide;
SO may this day and every day.
Ken, as the minutes slip away
Good deeds and true on every side.
from tie German, by G. L. Brine, In Church
man
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
A Woman of Genius.

"Miss Symperson has written a
beautiful poem which is being copied
in all the papers" remarked an Austin
lady to Kosciusko Murphy.
Murphy-The young lady seems to
have talent.
Miss S.-I should say she had talent
She can compose music, she can talk
French and Italian, she paints, and
next month she is going to marry a
man with quarter of million. Tai
ent is no name for it. She has positive
genius -TtrdS SitiinJs.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
Wife of Young Literary NJ.

Wife of Young Literary Man
why, George! A hundred dollars
for that magazine story! How long
did it take you to write it?" Young
Husband (nonchalantly)-''Oh, l don't t
know. A couple of days, l suppose. !"
Wife, (exultantly)-"Fifty dollars adayl
That's three hundred dollars week.
and twelve hundred month. Twelvs
times twelve is one hundred and forty
four-fourteen thousand four hundred
dollars year. Why, George. we can
keep a carriage and horses just as well
as not. "-EarDer's BazaT.